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Sep 17, 2022
(British, 1723-1792)
1782, Revolutionary War leader of the British Legion and Tarleton's Raiders, John Rapahel Smith, engraver, mezzotint, sheet 25 x 15-1/4 in.; black lacquer print frame, 33-1/2 x 23-1/2 in.
Note: "Banastre Tarleton (August 21, 1754?January 15, 1833) was a British Army officer during the American Revolution who became notorious for his actions in the southern theater of the war. He gained his reputation for brutality following the Battle of Waxhaws, where he reputedly had American prisoners killed. Tarleton later led part of Lieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis' army and was crushed at the Battle of Cowpens in January 1781. Remaining active until the end of the war, he was captured following the British surrender at Yorktown that October.
Provenance: A du Pont Family Collection
laid down on paper, tears, small stain top right; frame with abrasions
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